>In all seriousness, even if the nacelles are shared the hull would
>have to be a totally new design.

Well... yes, but that's what it is. The "it's made of Sovereign parts" thing is just a note to the prop department, as it were - it has no bearing on the in-story realities of the ship's construction, apart from the fact that Sovereign and Surprise share an aesthetic design language, if you will.

--G.
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